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Zack S.

Private tutor in Raleigh, NC

Education

-Masters in Journalism from Ohio University, 2004 -Degree in English with minors in creative writing and film studies from NC State University, 2002

Experience

I am a published writer in the area who is looking to get more hands-on experience teaching and make some extra money. My background is in both creative and technical fields, with a specialty in making complicated concepts clear to anyone. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: -Instructor at NC State's McKimmmon Center for Continuing Education in film studies/screenwriting -Regular contributor to Indy Week/The Independent Weekly, 2006-present) -Published writer of comic books (https://www.comixology.com/Zack-Smith/comics-creator/6806?ref=Y29taWMvdmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL2NyZWRpdHM) -Background writing for daily newspapers, business journals and other technical fields

Subject Expertise

poetry, Film Studies

Availability

Any day

Can Meet

Up to 30 minutes away at my regular hourly rate

Hobbies

When I was in the eighth grade, we had to read this story for Advanced English, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, and write a one-page analysis of it. I was completely lost! But my dad was a Faulkner fan and took me through that story page by page, paragraph by paragraph. The teacher wound up singling me out as the only student who had understood the story in the entire class. That's been a guidepost for me ever since -- being able to break down tough concepts in English and writing and make them comprehensible to everyone, including myself! In journalism, I've had to write about topics such as gas pricing, subprime mortgages and using the Human Genome Project to understand why malaria strains are resistant to the immune system (please don't ask me to explain that one again). What I've found over and over is that by doing a close reading, really breaking down the information presented to you, you can understand everything from politics to those short stories in the New Yorker. You know they actually have endings? I'm as surprised as you are. Reading, writing, vocabulary -- the tools to understanding these things are in everyday life, and in learning how to understand these things, students build valuable skills for not only expressing themselves, but also adapting a similar approach to other fields of study.